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MuslimPersonalLaw(Shariat)ApplicationAct,19371
[Act,No.26of1937] [7thOctober,1937] PREAMBLE AnActtomakeprovisionfortheapplicationoftheMuslimPersonalLaw (Shariat)toMuslims.2[*****] WHEREASitisexpedienttomakeprovisionfortheapplicationoftheMuslimPersonalLaw (Shariat)toMuslims2[*****];Itisherebyenactedasfollows: ________________________
1.ForStatementofObjectsandReasons,seeGazetteofIndia,1935,Pt.V,P.136.,andforReport ofSelectCommittee,seeGazzetteofIndia,1937,Pt.V,p.235. 2.Thewords"intheProvincesofIndia"omittedbytheAdaptationofLawsOrder,1950.
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lian,khulaandmubaraat,maintenance,dower,guardianship,gifts,trustsandtrust properties,andwakfs(otherthancharitiesandcharitableinstitutionsandcharitable andreligiousendowments)theruleofdecisionincaseswherethepartiesareMuslims shallbetheMuslimPersonalLaw(Shariat). Section3Powertomakeadeclaration (1)Anypersonwhosatisfiestheprescribedauthority (a)thatheisaMuslim,and (b)thatheiscompetenttocontractwithinthemeaningorsectionIIoftheIndian ContractAct,1872(9of1872),and (c)thatheisaresidentof1[theterritoriestowhichthisActextends]. maybydeclarationintheprescribedformandfiledbeforetheprescribedauthority declarethathedesirestoobtainthebenefitof2[theprovisionsofthissection],and thereaftertheprovisionsofsection2shallapplytothedeclarantandallhisminor childrenandtheirdescendantsasifinadditiontothemattersenumeratedtherein adoption,willsandlegacieswerealsospecified. (2)Wheretheprescribedauthorityrefusestoacceptadeclarationundersubsection(1), thepersondesiringtomakethesamemayappealtosuchofficeastheState Governmentmay,bygeneralorspecialorder,appointinthisbehalf,andsuchoffice may,ifheissatisfiedthattheappellantisentitledtomakethedeclaration,orderthe prescribedauthoritytoacceptthesame. ________________________
1.SubstitutedbytheAdaptationofLaws(No.3)Order,1956for"aPartAStateoraPartCState." 2.SubstitutedbyAct16of1943,sec.2,for"thisAct"
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[(4)EveryrulemadebytheStateGovernmentunderthisActshallbelaid,assoonasit ismade,beforetheStateLegislature.]
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1.InsertedbyAct20of1983.
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